Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Blood Wing Escape Skill

An hour later, Li Ping walked out of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, a disappointed look on his face. He then turned and headed toward another shop.

The Spirit Treasure Pavilion did have a considerable collection of Escape Techniques.

But just as Li Ping had expected, these Escape Techniques either had mediocre escape speeds or had stringent cultivation requirements, demanding all sorts of precious Spiritual Materials he had never even heard of.

He couldn’t afford to spend a large amount of time collecting Spiritual Materials for one Escape Technique.

Even the ones with side effects merely consumed some vital essence or caused one’s cultivation realm to regress. These were issues that could be fixed later by taking Pills or through further cultivation.

None of these met Li Ping’s needs. They weren’t nearly extreme enough.

What he wanted was something potent. Ideally, a Magic that left the user beyond all hope of recovery, guaranteeing a swift death—the kind of technique no one would dare to practice!

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At a shop named Jade Cliff Palace, Li Ping put away the Spirit Medicines he had just purchased and, once again, asked about buying a Magic technique.

After visiting several shops in a row, he had collected enough Spirit Medicines to refine Qi Nourishing Pills.

As for a potent Escape Technique or a desperate, life-risking Magic, Li Ping had already given up hope.

But upon hearing Li Ping’s request, the broad-shouldered, stout Shopkeeper of Jade Cliff Palace thought for a moment before saying, "Our establishment recently acquired an Escape Technique with astonishing speed. The only issue is that its side effects are immense, so very few ever learn it. I wonder if you might be interested, fellow cultivator?"

Hearing this, Li Ping’s heart leaped with joy.

’As long as it’s effective, I’m not afraid of the side effects being too great. I’m only afraid they won’t be great enough!’

Despite his inner excitement, Li Ping’s expression remained calm. "Why don’t you bring it out for me to see, fellow cultivator."

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An hour later, Li Ping walked out of the shop named Jade Cliff Palace, a satisfied look on his face.

Afterward, he found a deserted corner to remove his disguise, then leisurely made his way back to his cave residence on Immortal Peach Mountain.

After summoning Bai Lin and giving her the Jade Token that granted access to Immortal Peach Mountain, Li Ping returned to his training room, sat down cross-legged, and began to examine the Escape Technique with immense side effects that he had bought from Jade Cliff Palace.

Its name was the Blood Wing Escape Skill.

He sent his Divine Sense into the Jade Scroll that recorded the Blood Wing Escape Skill and patiently read through its entire contents. A thoughtful look appeared in Li Ping’s eyes.

According to the introduction, the Blood Wing Escape Skill originated from the Blood Shadow Sect, a Demon Dao sect mentioned in the Evergreen Chronicles.

Back when the Blood Shadow Sect invaded the Jiuche Kingdom, a Cultivator from the Celestial Profound Sect killed a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Blood Shadow Sect and found this Demon Dao Escape Technique in his Storage Bag.

The Blood Wing Escape Skill was originally called the Thunderfire Escape Technique!

Legend had it that the technique was created by a Nascent Soul Cultivator who studied a rare Spirit Bird known as the Blue-Eyed Thunder Roc.

According to that Nascent Soul Cultivator, the Blue-Eyed Thunder Roc possessed a trace of the bloodline of the legendary True Spirit, the Heaven-Soaring Kunpeng. Its flight speed was among the fastest, even when compared to other flying Spiritual Birds.

A Blue-Eyed Thunder Roc that had reached the Transformation Realm could, with a flap of its wings, cross a thousand li in a flash of thunder and fire, far surpassing the speed of human Cultivators at the same level.

During one of his adventures, that Nascent Soul Cultivator was lucky enough to obtain the remains of a Transformation Stage Blue-Eyed Thunder Roc, and he spent many years of his savings to refine its pair of thunderfire wings into a Magical Treasure.

With the wings of thunder and fire, that Nascent Soul Cultivator held a decisive advantage in any conflict. Even cultivators at later stages might find it easy to defeat him, but capturing him was next to impossible.

The Thunderfire Escape Technique was a marvelous technique that the Nascent Soul Cultivator created to be used in concert with the wings, which he developed through his long experience with them.

Once used, although its flight speed couldn’t compare to a natural Spirit Bird like the Blue-Eyed Thunder Roc, it could still cross a hundred li in an instant.

Li Ping already knew that the Divine Sense of an Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator could only cover a range of a hundred zhang, while a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Divine Sense could only explore an area of 300 zhang in radius.

A Core Formation Cultivator’s Divine Sense was ten times stronger than a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s, which came out to only about a thousand zhang.

A Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Divine Sense was ten times stronger than a Core Formation Cultivator’s, capable of reaching a distance of ten thousand zhang.

If one could cross a hundred li in an instant, it would only take a moment to shake off a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

However, according to the Nascent Soul Cultivator who created it, the speed of one hundred li per instant was achievable for someone at his level. For a Foundation Establishment or Core Formation Cultivator, the flight speed would naturally not be so outrageous.

Perhaps they could achieve ten li in an instant!

While not as incredible as a hundred li in an instant, this was still an extremely high speed. It meant that once the technique was used, a Core Formation Cultivator would have no hope of catching up.

Of course, if such a powerful Secret Technique had no flaws, it would have long been collected by the major powers and kept secret, never to be passed on to outsiders.

Since it could fall into the hands of a Loose Cultivator like Li Ping, it must have a major flaw.

Its flaw was very simple, according to the Nascent Soul Cultivator who created this Escape Technique.

To use the Thunderfire Escape Technique, one must possess a wing-type Magical Treasure refined from the thunderfire wings of a Transformation Stage Blue-Eyed Thunder Roc!

This requirement alone rendered the Escape Technique completely useless.

It was highly debatable whether a natural Spirit Bird like the Blue-Eyed Thunder Roc, which possessed a trace of a True Spirit Bloodline, even existed in the world anymore. Where could anyone possibly find the wings of a Transformation Stage Thunder Roc to refine into a Magical Treasure?

However, a Core Formation Cultivator from the Blood Shadow Sect later found an unconventional solution, combining this Escape Technique with one of the sect’s own techniques, the Transformation Secret Skill.

By using a Cultivator’s own blood essence and Magical Power as a catalyst, he could forcibly manifest a pair of flesh-and-blood wings. After modifying and crudely adapting the Thunderfire Escape Technique to work with them, he was actually able to execute a similar escape.

Its power could even match seventy to eighty percent of the original version.

But since these were Blood Wings manifested from the Cultivator’s own body rather than wings of thunder, the Core Formation Cultivator named his cobbled-together Secret Technique the Blood Wing Escape Skill.

Relying on the Blood Wing Escape Skill, this Core Formation Cultivator from the Blood Shadow Sect even managed to escape with his life from a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Of course, it was merely a desperate, last-ditch struggle.

The demon sect’s Transformation Secret Skill consumed the cultivator’s life force and Origin.

That Core Formation Cultivator, in using the Blood Wing Escape Skill to escape from the Nascent Soul Cultivator, consumed a massive amount of his lifespan and vital essence.

Afterwards, even though he tried every possible method to replenish what he had lost, it was all in vain. In the end, he could only pass away in sorrow a few years later.

And that was only because a Core Formation Cultivator’s Origin was abundant. If a Foundation Establishment Cultivator were to use the Blood Wing Escape Skill, they would probably only have enough time to leave their last words after escaping.

With such a hidden danger, even within the Blood Shadow Sect, known for its ruthlessness, very few Demon Cultivators dared to practice this Escape Technique.

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But Li Ping was not afraid. As a Cultivator of the Nourishing Life Skill, no matter how much lifespan or Origin he consumed, as long as he didn’t die on the spot, he could replenish it all with his Nourishing Life Magical Power.

This Escape Technique seemed as if it was tailor-made for him.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Ping began to cultivate this Escape Technique.

Because the person who stitched the two Secret Techniques together was only a Core Formation Cultivator with limited insight, cultivating the Blood Wing Escape Skill was extremely dangerous, with the slightest misstep causing damage to one’s meridians and Origin.

Ordinary Cultivators would be extremely cautious during the cultivation process, making their progress very slow.

But Li Ping, protected by his Nourishing Life Skill, was completely unafraid of injury. Experimenting boldly, it only took him a little over ten days to successfully master this Escape Technique.

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